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waverz
07/25/2006, 08:15 PM
This thing just appeared in my moms 125. Its roughly 4 inches and is stuck to the back of the tank. Could it be baby bubble coral?

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i125/Danalyo/newthing.jpg

I have no idea.
waverz
07/25/2006, 08:44 PM
Anyone have a guess?
picnic
07/25/2006, 08:54 PM
BTA maybe but dont quote me.
Angel*Fish
07/25/2006, 08:58 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7814255#post7814255 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by picnic
BTA maybe but dont quote me. I second that and don't quote me, either :D

Try and see if it will eat a small piece of a silverside! With diligence I bet you can bring it back to health

Did she have a BTA that "died"?

Kind of a shot in the dark but it looks like it might have been one of those flourescent green ones with red tips
waverz
07/25/2006, 09:00 PM
Yeah a BTA did go missing a while back............hmmm.
King-Kong
07/25/2006, 09:07 PM
sound's like your man..er..uh.. yeah.. (BTA)
waverz
07/25/2006, 09:30 PM
Thanks for the help guys........
Ron Popeil
07/25/2006, 10:27 PM
definetely a dying bubble tip anemone.

if its on the move suddenly, keep an eye out for your powerheads (if you have any)...they tend to wander right into those.

also, if you are able, try to squirt some thawed mysis or brine shrimp around it. if it can feed, in time, in should become a darker anemone with larger tenticles, and just keep feeding it larger meaty portions (ie silversides, shrimp, krill, squid, etc).

good luck!
Angel*Fish
07/26/2006, 10:16 AM
This website is full of useful information that can help you nurse this anemone back to health. Anemones have amazing powers of regeneration. You probably don't have an parameter issues - but a sometimes overlooked one is phosphates. It seems possible that could have caused the anemone to disappear...

Anyway it is starving and needs food - they live off their own tissues until there is nothing left in the absence of food. It may not take food right away, but may with increased stimulation. Like wiggling a silverside in the tentacles every day once or twice. I did this once many years ago and eventually the anemone recovered. I'm no expert and can't say for sure that it was this "stimulation" that did the trick. But FWIW I was successful. of course never try to force it to eat - the "wiggling" should be just like a live fish might do if caught.
http://www.karensroseanemones.com/

HTH :)